Thursday, February 19, 2015

Like Burnished Bronze - Revelation 1:15

Revelation 1:15 ESV 
his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters.

Daniel 10:6
His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.

Exodus 38:1-2
Making the Altar of Burnt Offering
​He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. Five cubits was its length, and five cubits its breadth. It was square, and three cubits was its height. He made horns for it on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.

The legs of bronze would have reminded the Jewish listener of the alter of burnt offering in the temple. The Son of Man was sacrificed in the fire of this fallen world as a burnt offering to the Lord on behalf of man. The identity of this vision confirmed by His voice and words. 

Legs of bronze would symbolize that sacrifice.

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